CASSIUS 5

 

I must leave because the fury that overtakes me when Scarlett tells me she finds my brothers hot makes me boil with anger. I will find out which of them is visiting her and stop it right now, I know I need to try and calm myself as it’s not their fucking fault she finds them handsome. But the anger coursing through me needs an outlet, I’m not going to my room because the women have just furnished it with new furniture. I will have to go to the training room and get my anger out on anything and everything I can find.

I thought I could let Scarlett go when she was feeling better, but the thought of her with anyone else drives me to commit murder. If any fucker even thinks to look at her I will decimate him, she’s mine and no other asshole will take her from me. She said I give her peace, that I stop the memories. Is it possible that my darkness won’t engulf her? Can I risk it?

Entering the training room, I see that Draco and Bjarni are sparing in the rink, Celmund and Brandr are lifting weights. Not bothering to get changed from my jeans and t-shirt I make my way to the boxing bag and start to punch it with such force that I know if I continue the bag is going to split. All I can hear is my erratic breathing as I punch the bag repeatedly, but the anger isn’t dissipating, images of Scarlett smiling at a faceless man pops into my head and I growl.

I hear someone calling me as if from far away, but I’m so consumed with rage that all I want to do is destroy. The seam on the bag pops, but I continue to punch until there is nothing else to punch. Looking around I grab the fifty-kilo weight on the floor and throw it. One after the other I start to throw the weights, but my anger continues to rise.

Someone grabs me from behind and that just tips the scale, my vision tunnels and I see red. I don’t let anyone hold me from behind. I don’t even allow anyone to stand behind me, my brothers know that I will not accept that. I’m pulled to the floor and then turned on my back and Bjarni is astride me holding me down. “Fuck Cassius, calm down.” He grunts when I start to buck under him, but all coherent thoughts have left me. “I don’t want to fucking hurt you, fuck brother.” He growls.

I hear shouting, but I can’t tell what they are saying, I feel another set of arms holding me down.

Kill, kill, kill

“Cassius” a soft voice penetrates my fury, “Cassius, please calm down. I’m sorry.” Scarlett? Is that Scarlett?

“Cassius, I need you. Please come back to me.” I try to control my breathing, I need to appease Scarlett.

“Scarlett.” Is that my voice? It’s more animal than human. I want to hold her, tell her that it’s going to be okay, but I can’t move. Focusing I see that Bjarni is over me straddling my waste, his hands holding my shoulders down. I can feel that someone is holding down my legs as I can’t move those either. “Let . . .go!” I order but the pressure isn’t subsiding.

“Cassius breath, calm down.” I hear Scarlett persuade.

“No don’t go any closer.” Snapping my head around I see Celmund holding Scarlett back. I bear my teeth in anger as I see his hand on her arm. I start to struggle, I need to get to Scarlett I have to get his hands off her.

“Fuck Celmund, take your hands off her. His losing his shit again from seeing you touch her.” Draco roars, “Scarlett, don’t go near him.”

“Cassius, calm down. Please, I’m okay you see.” I see her kneel an arm’s length away from me, a worried expression on her face. “I’m okay, listen to me, take in a deep breath and relax all will be fine.” I do as she says, and only then do I hear singing, the tone calming me. I take another deep breath and notice my vision clearing, my breathing calming.

“Fuck Cassius” Bjarni grunts as he starts to loosen his hold on my arms, I feel the blood rush to my hands where I feel pins and needles. Bjarni must have been holding me with such strength that the blood was struggling to circulate to my hands.  The manacles on my legs also loosen and then I see Draco lean back from where he was holding my legs down.

From the corner of my eye I see Scarlett stand and then she’s walking slowly towards where my feet are, why the hell is she out of bed? Only then do I see that Brielle is touching my leg and Nova is touching her. I realize that Brielle is calming me with her healing and Nova is calming me with her voice. My heart constricts and the anguish I see on everyone’s face around me. I know they all worried about me and I hate it, but can I bond with Scarlett and expose her to my darkness?

“How are you feeling?” I hear Scarlett ask as she stands next to Nova and touches Brielle’s shoulder.

“Fine” I murmur, I’m not going to tell her that my anger is still beating to be set free, but at least now I’m in control. I’m starting to feel calm again.

“You are lying.” She says, “You are still feeling anger, but you trying to appease me.” Her eyes are staring at me as if they see right through me. “Always tell me the truth even if you think I’m not going to like it.” She requests.

“Why do you say he’s lying?” Draco asks with a raised eyebrow.

“Because I can tell when someone is lying and sense their truth.”

At her words Celmund whistles, “Oh yeah, our very own lie detector.” He jokes with a grin.

“And you can do that all the time or just sometimes?” Draco asks

“If someone lies around me I know.” She confirms, “since I awoke that I didn’t detect anyone lie but then Nova explained to me how to hear the Elemental’s.”

“Of course, she did.” Bjarni says sarcastically, and I see Nova stick her tongue out at him and then smile impishly making Bjarni shake his head. I move slightly letting Brielle know that I’m getting up, she moves her hand and stands.  Once I’m up I look at Scarlett, she shouldn’t be out of bed yet, she’s looking very pale.

“You shouldn’t be here, you still not fine.” I grumble

“You could just say thank you.” She states as she puts her hands on her waste and glares at me. Damn, I feel my cock harden as she takes in a deep breath to calm her anger making her breasts stretch her shirt. That’s all I need, a hard on, my brothers will never let me live it down. 

“Come on honey, let’s get you back. You’ve had enough excitement for one day.” Brielle suggests as she places a hand on Scarlett’s upper arm. She stands like that glaring at me for a few more seconds before she huffs and turns making her way slowly out of the training room. I’m itching to take her into my arms and carry her back to the infirmary, but if I touch her now the bonding will begin. Just before she reaches the door I call out.

“Thank you.” She stops but doesn’t turn. I see a slight smile on her face before she steps out. Once she’s gone I turn to be caught off guard by all my brothers glaring.

“What the fuck happened?” Draco asks angrily with his hands low on his hips.

“It just happened.” There is no way I’m going to tell them I was blinded by jealousy and that’s why I lost my shit. 

“How often does this just happen?” Draco asks sarcastically, at my shrug he growls and then his on me. His face is a few milometers away from mine and his eyes are glaring at me. As I feel his chest heaving against mine in anger. “HOW OFTEN?” he roars.

“Not often, sometimes I just lose it.”

“I heard that your furniture was all destroyed in your room, is this why?” shit, I should have known that the women would have talked.

“Yes” there is no use me lying, that is one thing I have never done to my brothers and I’m not going to start now.

“This finishes now, you are going to mate that woman. Do you hear me?” Draco growls angrily.

“Yes, I’ve already decided to mate with her.” the moment Scarlett told me that she needed me, that I kept her memories away I decided then that I was fighting a lost battle, I was trying to spare her but in doing this I was hurting her and myself.

“Thank fuck.” Bjarni grumbles, “What are you waiting for, why don’t you just go and take her already?” he asks

“When she leaves the infirmary and goes to my room, I will.” I confirm

“Good, that means you will be calmer by the time we have to go and get the weapons for Alexey.” Draco states, his muscles still tense as he looks deep into my eyes.

“I will be fine.” I promise

“Make sure you are.” He orders as he turns and makes his way out of the training room.

“She looks like a feisty one, no need to worry about her brother. If anything, you should worry about yourself.” Celmund teases making me lift my hand and show him the finger.

“Well, seeing as you’re feeling better, there is a lot of work for you to do here.” Bjarni calls out as he starts walking away. Only then do I look around and see the destruction that I caused. There are dents on the equipment from throwing the weights against them. I notice that even in the rink there is a weight. Sighing I start to arrange the weights the same way they were before. I notice that Celmund is standing next to the equipment trying to take the dents out.

“Thanks” I grunt as I pick up a fifty-kilo weight and return it to its place.

“No problem, I’m just relieved that you saw the light and are taking Scarlett as your mate.” He says, “It’s been getting worse, I’ve worried that one of these day’s you wouldn’t be able to control it.” He confesses.

“Scarlett needs me, she says I keep the memories away. I just hope that once we mated my darkness doesn’t affect her.” I murmur

“Brother your woman is strong, she went through hell with Merdor but it doesn’t seem like she let it affect her. As soon as I told her you needed her, she was out of that bed and making her way here.” At his words my mind stills, maybe everything will be fine.

We continue working for the rest of the day until it’s time for dinner, flexing my muscles I make my way out of the training room. Kade usually takes Scarlett’s dinner to her but today I will go and join her for dinner. It’s time she knows that I want to bond with her.

Filling two plates with the stew that Jasmine made I make my way to the Infirmary, when I walk in I see that Scarlett has her eyes closed as if in sleep, but as I approach her eyes snap open. I see her eyes run over my body and then stop on the plates.

“You going to eat with me?” she asks with a raised brow.

“Yeah,” I see the smile that she tries to hide as she struggles to sit up. As she leans back I place the plate on her lap. “You’re looking pale, you shouldn’t have got out of bed.” I grumble but she just shrugs.

“Did what happen earlier on have anything to do with me?” she asks instead. I’m about to tell her no but then I remember that she asked me never to lie to her.

“I don’t like the idea of you thinking my brothers are handsome,” I confess

“Cassius, your brothers are handsome that’s just a fact, but too me you’re much handsomer. You have a rough angry energy that calls to me.” At her confession my cock twitches in response, fuck I can’t be close to this woman because I’m always turned on.

“Is that so?” I tease with a smirk, “when you get out of here I want to bond with you.” I state and see her eyebrows raise in question. “I didn’t want to hurt you with my darkness, but you made me realise that I’m hurting you by staying away. As mated couples we complete each other, and I’m hoping that I continue keeping your memories away.” A smile adorns her face at my revelation.

“Ever since I was young that I wanted to be yours. I was sure that we would find each other and that we would be happy together.” She murmurs, “I wasn’t expecting you to be some kind of superman, but hey, that’s just a bonus.” She says playfully making me grin.

“Baby you have no idea.” I tease making her laugh. “You know, Elemental’s are possessive and protective. You might not be so happy to be with me after a while. You need to realize that this is it, if we bond there will be no one else and no out of it.” I state, she needs to understand that if I bond her this is it.

“The women already explained what the Pros and Cons are with living with Elemental’s.” she says honestly with a twinkle in her eye.

“Oh really, what are those?” he asks with a raised eyebrow,

“Well they said that we can’t really leave the compound unless escorted by a brother or a prospect. They also mentioned that there are women here at the compound that there job is to please the guys.” At that she scowls, “just for the record, I don’t share. If I know you are with one of those women, I’ll leave.”

“I guess they didn’t tell you everything.” I murmur, “You see baby, once we Elemental’s mate there is no other women for us, only our mate can satisfy us. And I don’t share either, any fucker tries to touch you and he’s dead.” I know the last came out in a growl but the thought of any other man touching what is mine makes my anger rise.

“They also told me that the sex is phenomenal,” I had just placed a piece of meat in my mouth, at her words I choke making her laugh hilariously.

“You will have to tell me afterword’s if I live up to this phenomenal sex.” I quip making her blush, but there is a twinkle in her eye. I believe I might have gotten myself a daredevil. When we finish eating I take both plates and set them on the table next to her bed. Scarlett slides down in bed as we continue to talk, a few minutes later I see her eyes start to droop but she’s fighting it. Not long after that she falls asleep.

For many nights that I watched over her just as she is now, but now I’m not plagued with worry that she might not awaken. My woman is a beauty, and it seems like she has a playful personality. I don’t know all the things that were done to her, but I can see that she has a stubborn streak to her. I’m sure we will butt heads many times but already I can feel a tenderness towards her that I didn’t ever think I would ever feel.

Leaning back, I settle on my chair prepared to watch over her, she doesn’t know but every night I have sat here making sure that she is fine, even when she thought I hadn’t come to see her. I yawn and feel my body relaxing, closing my eyes I drift off to sleep.